i'm. the boss. this is the day of the news coming to you live from berlin chancellor angela merkel marks a historic milestone on the road to german reunification she joins hungry as the do it big top or bottom to remember the date 30 years ago when the border between hungry and austria was opened allowing thousands of east germans to make their way to the west and ultimately ended in a divided germany we'll go live to our correspondent that also coming up the iranian oil tanker detained in georgia has seen 20 national water as with

a new name 6 weeks after it was captured by british special forces. and on the united nations annual awards humanitarian day we look at the war of the white helmets in syria saying the victims of a brutal civil war. hello and welcome i'm of the. we started hungary where president viktor orban is hosting german chancellor angela merkel this hour the 2 leaders on the city of szell prong where hungary borders australia they're attending events to commemorate a pivotal moment in the form of the i'm cut and 30 years ago on this day in 180900 unexpectedly allowed hundreds of east germans fleeing communism to.

it's a border without any kind of documentation making their way to west germany it was the 1st rip in the iron curtain between communist eastern europe and the democratic west. standing by actual problem is these obvious political correspondent simon young simon welcome tell me where you are and what's happening there to mark this historic anniversary. i mean as you mentioned shop near the austrian border. hungary and austria the former curtain through europe during the cold war i'm here near the town hole where chancellor merkel and prime minister orbán. meeting and just earlier they attended a church service in the german speaking church here to mark the events of 30 years

ago and both leaders spoke about that time what it meant for europe the importance of the opening of the iron curtain that really happened here in hungary. back then of course they also. allowed it to sort of shine through that they are also thinking about the europe have to die at least dangle americal talked about european values and common responsibilities of european nations and she said that to be guiding us when we think about today's refugees just like the refugees 30 years ago who came from east germany and seized the moment to escape across the border unexpectedly really but in that time of chaos and uncertainty they found freedom at least a few 100 of them did on the 19th of august 1990 simon still be gone because the

fuss want to look back at that moment you're talking about because of course the events of from 30 years ago when hugely significant for the full. in europe let's take a look back at what exactly happened on that day. it was the beginning of the end of communist rule in eastern europe. it was all and we saw reporters applauding and here we are we can't believe in. it's all. it was in the border town of show prawn the iron curtain began to crumble when $500.00 east germans fled to the west. was one of the soldiers guarding the crossing on the 19th of august 1909 a peace demonstration was being held what's gone down in history as the pan-european picnic hungary open the border fence for 3 hours in a symbolic gesture agreed to by austria and hungary suddenly droves of east germans appeared in the corn fields and fled across the open border it was an escape that

had been carefully planned the border guards did not open fire. on them it happened very fast the people only had to run 120 meters and they did it in 20 seconds we had to make a decision and that short time that's what good about. the east german refugees were dazed but delighted i am tired of we're free. we're glad to have made it. i can't really believe i'm here and i got off the bus just set up shop alone and crossed over a little bit of. the escape had been made possible by miklos nemat in 1908 he'd been appointed prime minister of a bankrupt hungary he decided there was no money to secure the border with austria and the budget for 989 he came across a line item and then a fight with

a secret code. phone and called up the interior minister. and he told me that the cease. the sum for the refurbishment for delivery new will over the fence between hungary and austria and what did you do then then i deleted girls that big song out of the budget. our 1st hole in the iron curtain the news soon spread around the world mehmet soon realized that the communist regime in moscow which had held eastern europe in an iron grip for decades was not going to intervene all of them nor did what was going on. and no. knocking on my door of the sole dentyne soviet them better due to budapest protesting what what do we know telephone call from mosco it was flown for

when emmett did eventually speak to make io gorbachev on the phone the soviet leader confirmed he wouldn't use force against civilians the people were free to vote against communist rule with their feet. on and simon young is still standing by for us in a shelter on the silent these events happened 30 years ago in today's context it is ironic that chancellor angela merkel and viktor orban the leader of hungary are on opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to refugees the 2 leaders are duty or talks of bilateral talks what can we expect from them. well i think they will talk about the refugee crisis in part because that is one of the big issues facing europe at the moment of course angela merkel would like to see solidarity between the different european nations hungary has been one of those

countries that has stood out against that so far in this. showed a hard position when it comes to letting people come in of course it is ironic as you say that back then hungary was very open to east german refugees indeed viktor orban today earlier was taking credit saying you know hungary was the country that really made german reunification possible. now of course families are being kept apart in part by hungary and tough line on the refugee question so i think it definitely will come up but i think also other issues facing europe such as reform proposals angela merkel really needs the support of some of the smaller european nations at the moment to get a unanimous agreement to change the direction on on some of the key things that

face europe now so that'll also be what the 2 leaders want to discuss some many i'm sure pronk thank you very much. let me now bring up with some other stories making news around the wild a rescue ship carrying more than 100 refugees has rejected an offer to go to spain as absolutely unrealistic the open arms vessel is mourned off the italian island of lampedusa risky to say that spending days traveling to a spanish port is unworkable as the migrants on board require assistance. of ghana sounds president of gandhi as to eliminate the islamic state group in his country over the weekend a suicide bombing at a wedding killed at least 63. got his comments come as the u.s. negotiates with the taliban to end the 18 yes a fighting. the iranian oil tankers seized off the british territory of

gibraltar is at sea again off. the vessel core to greece one was held on suspicion of smuggling oil to syria contravening e.u. sanctions it's now filing under an iranian flag it's expected that the head on will now release a british tanka that's it seized in retaliation. for july 4th moments that further inflamed the west's tensions with iran british royal marines enter brought her officials seize a tanker carrying iranian oil accusing it of plans to deliver its cargo to syria they halted the ship off the coast of gibraltar a british territory located on spain's southern tip 2 weeks later iran responded in kind it also seized a ship a british tanker sailing just south of iran in the strait of hormuz. iran published this video of troops repelling down to capture it tehran alleged the

british vessel violated maritime rules. then deadlock both ships stayed where they were. until gibraltar announced last week it would release the iranian tanker gibraltar said it had been assured the tanker full of iranian oil would not go on to syria but that wasn't enough for washington the u.s. submitted its own request to seize the vessel over sanctions violations. gibraltar's government denied that petition on sunday writing the e.u. sanctions regime against iran which is a political in gibraltar is much now or were than that of clickable in the us. iran's vessel has announced its sale once more raising hopes of a deescalation in the dispute with tehran. and these 2 trees not trump one has just returned from iran and the strait of hormuz. the 1st of 4 do we do exactly

where this iranian tanker is now heading full well that's the $1000000.00 question here because iran has so far not disclosed the final destination it wanted this ship to go to and. it has denied it was going to syria but that's all they said and now marine tracking apparently shows it is heading for greece and the final port could become a mantra but whether that's true remains to be seen and even if it is then what happens to its cargo because greece used to be one of the countries that could still buy iranian oil even under u.s. sanctions but that's no longer the case anymore so if they do they will have problems with the u.s. sanctioning them so we're probably just have to wait and see what happens once the tanker reaches its final destination ok and now with the iranian tanker release what does it mean does it mean that they had on will release a british ship that is holding because many people told this will refer to attach retaliation going on yeah that's very likely they have already moved the british flag vessel from the place where it was detained in the strait of hormuz to

a port in bangor abbas that's a place where the revolutionary guards are controlling everything and i just came back from banderas and i was told i couldn't go any place near the port because i'm a foreigner i'm a journalist and that would quote and danger proceedings so they're probably still preparing for some sort of an exchange but that trust in the u.s. and the united kingdom is really no that's why they have warned washington against tempting to seize the ship again so i suppose they're just waiting a while until they see that it's breach of the fire. if the nation and then the bridges flecked with the world will be freed ok not britain is said to join the us stock force in the gun of germany has done done to us to quest to do the same but what impact will this you need the mission have on the state of play do you think well a big one probably not a good one because both the government in iran and also the many people i spoke to in tehran and also on the islands in the persian gulf they don't like to have any extra regional military ships in their backyard they consider them as

a security threat so that's why it iran says the only countries that it can ensure safety in the gulf other regional countries so they're trying to put together a mission of their own with all man with contra are the united arab emirates even saudi arabia but so far that hasn't really worked out but it's safe to say that any mission done by the us like an enemy country considered by iran would only complicate things even further and make a political solution that's likely to visit talk with thank you very much for that assessment. turning out to hong kong where the people once again filled the streets on the 11th straight weekend of mass democracy protest organizers say $1700000.00 people that's nearly a quarter of hong kong's total population turned out despite heavy rain for the calling for more freedom for the taxi unlike some of the previous demonstrations this rally was peaceful the calm dignified resilient

these are the scenes organizers have called cool if you expect that it's not quite like this. protesters of all ages braving the poor and rain to march the crowds swelling in every direction bringing parts of the city to a tie to a standstill this see the protesters marching through the streets feel like it that they're going to add a lot of these protesters with the face take us over the last few weeks this is their right so right that you know it's going to face. these demonstrators had a point to prove many had felt weeks of clashes and shocking scenes of hong kong airport on tuesday that tarnish the movement beijing branding the more violent protesters close to terrorists. but as they arrived on sunday they were united. people power and police their weapons of choice in the battle for their

image last week there's a lot of protests in the airport and i think got caught of attention for the whole world that's why i think today is one of the important day for us to see peaceful try to be a rational and civilized group of people because i know the worst watching us as night fell the true test began as protesters converged outside the government complex it seemed like this could end like so many protests before take out masks at the ready trepidation police could come in at any moment to disperse. the crowd then came this close just like. small classes a protest is spreading through the crowd like mission complete they charged everyone go higher. we. have a picture each day we have nearing the end to me they have people coming out. for you so if i think man's peacefully so we won today's protest too we

absolutely peaceful and so that's why we are encouraging people to go home. 11 weeks into this movement they've proven they still enjoy improved support. i as more people take up the cry the demonstrators discussed no need for riot police to move in these protesters were policing themselves. for the 1st weekend in weeks to get math unlived. like and all that support body dovish on the chosen people you're watching d.w. news still to come on the wonderfully guns opening weekend i'll be 96 boy that newly promoted to me on balance top 5 debut with a crushing defeat. but 1st today's united nations annual one humanitarian day when tribute to a spate of aid workers who risk their lives in humanitarian service in syria the white helmets are one such group they have based in the city of where 7 of its

volunteers died recently as government forces advance in the city it's the final strong group of rebels opposed to damascus. was racing to save lives rescue of mohammed tom a receives details of the incident over his radio a russian warplane has dropped bombs on an apartment block in moderate a town in syria's province right now every moment counts on the they arrive at the scene to look for survivors buried in the rubble who can't get out without their help and the owners of the. this time at least it seems no one is being hurt or needs the white helmet assistance. we help injured civilians children women and old people are doing our work is really important there's no other organization on the scene that saving lives goes

up when it's. 100 joined the white helmet and 2013 he's one of 180 volunteers based here at this emergency center. gov rescued thousands of people from the rubble that's what inspires muhammad to keep going. still not every mission is a success and the memories of what he's seen still haunt him. a farm of about what the new and the worst was when i pulled 2 brothers from underneath a concrete ceiling they've both been sleeping in the same bed and one of them was already dead you know we say the other one that made me cry not by. the white house would have been working around the clock since the government launched its offensive. syrian and allied russian fighter jets have been bombing targets here in

the last rebel held controlled region in the country. the government says it's only targeting militias loyal to al qaeda but in reality they've also been hitting apartments hospitals markets and schools. the white helmets document the reality of this war from the ground. sees them as terrorists and that's why they themselves have become a target but. then again and again as we were rushing to save people's lives russian jets launched a 2nd wave of bombings hitting the rescuers many of our people have been killed or injured in that way i thought now it's about that leaving aside that 9 white helmets have died in the past 3 months alone the group says. a good friend of mohamed's was one of them i. couldn't deal with what happened for a whole week i couldn't talk to anyone and couldn't understand what had happened i was with him when he was hit we wanted to save civilians but child with. mohammed

has also been injured in the field several times. but he says in the end all that pain has just made him stronger. join me now is a man who's been a white helmet volunteer since the beginning of 2013 he's in northern syria but we can give you his exact location due to security reasons. give us your perspective on just how difficult and dangerous it is for your teams to operate in northern syria and. thank you for having me since for let me describe the unity and situation in north of syria if there is no twist of syria we have 40000000 more the hope of them of this list of many parts of syria of the country even in the assad regime and its allies are started that can be in on

it lips and separate sensibly and $700000.00 civilian have been displaced lifting their villages because of the mumbai argument and strike we do commented that thank you of 17 hospitals and medical opinions right now and the funding of the war of not single medical billing and all this with in southern italy where the civilian who stayed who preferred to stay and their homes not to leave them of human basic human needs or system of the same and own house that i have been due to transfer to angela's hundreds of kilometers this is conveyed to the this situation that sounds like a very difficult situation that we're all going through and this is a lot of praise for the work of white helmets but the syrian government in damascus cause the organization terrorist supporter what is your reaction to such comments. our reaction is

a lie is lies whatever i have been repeated and the truth of the threw was whatever her have been that night because we say hundreds of civilian and document what happens on the ground and transferred what have been the ground of ground this is the cause of transforming what i've been on the ground and several civilian assad regime to touch eyes as i as i said to him into hospital someone with. some hospital court decision was shared with you and russia and they get that did they get the items during the this can ban 30 times the tax on the right helmets we lost 8 volunteer we. also have no insurance and we lost the take calls between ambulance and fire fighting just just of the 2 of our volunteer i've been enjoying serious injury and the onset of the. russian aircraft attack the simplest one even what we're responding and destroyed one vehicle and unfortunately that.

this is happening every day when the heart keep on how do you keep one tears motivated in the midst of all this danger and all this controversy because your organization has also been given in 2016 the right livelihood award and also nominated for a nobel peace prize. actually if you want here is. a sense of humor and do this come been 300 millions of dogs 50 markets use it. around most schools 60 schools and also done if you want here is a thought of yet so are we are we does it really and here we are on what i want to live sometimes when an observatory. that's a helicopter or in a crowd of talk often for how many have little homes. we're trying to please but all we know we have to do with there is the meet with the chair although the child

a year later we just one just didn't want to have the civilians and this is i wonder if you for that report. as a white helmets volunteer thank you very much for talking to d w thank you. nothis some sport in the bundesliga by in munich have completed the signing of the forward philippe quote from barcelona the brazilian international was initially joined by on a season long loan deal but the german champions also have an option to buy a new struggle to make an impact at barcelona after moving from liverpool in 2018 he wear the number 10 shirt vacated by iran robin who tied nost. to tennis and the cincinnati masters now where russia's medvedev beat adopted gough and in the final to see list finest mostest 1000 times a medvedev in blue had lost in the final in the last 2 tournaments he stayed in but

despite suffering some cramps and nothing was going to stop him against his belgian opponent medvedev capped off the win the within having saved 2 break points while serving for the match he took it in straight sets 7664 by the 3rd exhausted to celebrate like if you were to ask me before the tournament would i do if i win the tour of our state i would have called on the quarter screwed like crazy and finally when i made this last ace i had no power to even say one word so i just went to the net an hour they looked at speeders i ordered. it watching the wus here's a recap of the top story that we're following feel german chancellor angela merkel and him gave him prime minister viktor orban have been demanding the days 30 years ago when the border between hungry and austria was opened it allowed tens of thousands of east germans to make their way to the west and signaled the end of the divided shelling. coming up

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